Shi Jian, Favored by All Sides!

Within the entire Lightless Dead Realm, the millions of roaring, retaliatory Night Beast Vicious Spirit trembled in fear at this moment, prostrating themselves on the ground, not daring to utter even a mournful cry.

The withered giant hand did not pursue or kill it.

The void swirled, and the giant hand, with its five fingers spread wide, effortlessly scooped up the three dying Lei Jin above the swamp and brought them into its palm.

Along with the Lightless Dao Fruit vessel that was being fiercely protected by Lei Jin, it was also completely shielded within the halo of divine lightning...

Then, the giant hand tore through the void, slowly pulling the three of them back into the rift in the boundary wall, and completely disappeared into the sky above the Death Realm.

The sky healed, the cracks disappeared.

All that remained was a vast, scorched plain, bathed in the divine light of the Profound Lightning Light, and countless mutated, writhing souls trembling and wailing in the aftershocks of the thunder's power.

On the towering platform, the chaotic air currents in the void gradually calmed down.

"Puff!"

The moment the withered giant hand retracted, the Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor's body trembled violently, his throat bobbed, and he finally couldn't hold back, spitting out a small mouthful of dark, speckled Essence Blood...

That palm strike, seemingly casual, was in fact a forceful attempt to tear apart the Principle of Lightless, adding insult to injury for this already withered and Decay physical body.

The old man's broken lightning horns dimmed even further, and the aura of death emanating from him grew even stronger.

But his deep-set eyes blazed with an unprecedented, dazzling light.

"Splash."

The void rippled, and Lei Jin and his two companions, their faces ashen, fell from the remaining lightning in the old man's palm and crashed heavily onto the Dao platform.

"Ancestor... Ancestor!"

Lei Jin supported himself on his severed arm, his whole body trembling as he tilted his head back.

He shakily reached into his robes and held the perfect, black jade-like object, its interior filled with countless layers of deep night, high above his head.

"Having fulfilled my mission... I Lei Jin, will reclaim the legacy and foundation of my Profound Lightning Imperial Clan!"

A grand voice echoed from the summit of the Daotai.

The Profound Lightning Beast Emperor slowly raised its withered hand and grabbed at the air.

The Lightless Dao Fruit entity, radiating an aura that caused the void to continuously collapse and sink, gently fell into his withered palm.

Cold, heavy, it contained the supreme Dao source Principle of an entire broken world.

Feeling the surging, concentrated power of the Dao of Darkness within his palm, the old Beast Emperor closed his eyes and finally took a deep breath.

In that instant, it was as if a thousand-year burden had been lifted from my body, and my whole being trembled slightly as everything settled down.

After years of planning, he mobilized all the lightning cultivators in the world to serve as fuel, sacrificing four pure-blooded Nascent Spirit Transformation, all for the sake of obtaining this item.

In this enormous gamble, where the fate of the entire clan was at stake, he ultimately won the first step and got off to a good start.

You did a great job.

The old Beast Emperor opened his eyes, waved his sleeve and unleashed three extremely pure Profound Lightning essences, which entered the bodies of Lei Jin and the other two, forcibly reviving their life force that was on the verge of collapse.

"You have suffered."

The old Beast Emperor looked at the wounded Lei Jin, his voice low and authoritative. "You entered the forbidden Lei Yuan for a hundred years of seclusion. The resources of the clan's treasury are at your disposal."

"Once you have fully recovered from your injuries, you will be the new successor of my Profound Lightning Imperial Clan."

Lei Jin kowtowed, sobbing uncontrollably, "Thank you for your great kindness, Ancestor!"

With a wave of his sleeve, the old Beast Emperor tore open the void, teleporting the three heavily injured individuals directly into the core of the Ancestral Court Transformation Lei Yuan.

Returning to Stillness to the platform.

Heavenly Wind Dao Venerable sat to the side, coldly observing everything until Lei Jin left, then he withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly:

"You've reached your goal. Now, you'll have to use the entire clan's resources to forcibly feed that little one you've hidden in the ancestral mausoleum's underground palace?"

"Good."

The Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor stared at the dark divine stone in his hand, his eyes filled with determination. "That child was born a different species. Its mother was originally a pure-blooded Lightning Beast of my race, but during its gestation, it mistakenly ate an Extremely Dark Mysterious Ganoderma that fell from the depths of the void."

"As a result, he was born with a damaged lightning vein, and his entire skeleton transformed into dark crystal."

"Over the years, the clansmen have regarded him as a monster and a freak, wanting to get rid of him as soon as possible; only I sealed him in the deepest part of the earth's veins, nourishing his body with the dark energy of ten thousand years of death."

"Now, it is time for him to be born."

"With this complete, Lightless Dao Fruit vessel as fuel, and with the resources of our clan, we will spare no expense to nurture it."

"Within 1,500 years, I will surely help him condense the Six Paths, Lightless a single Immortal Foundation!"

Upon hearing this, Heavenly Wind Dao Venerable's gaze sharpened slightly.

"He's really a madman."

Heavenly Wind Dao Venerable shook his head, rose, flicked the dust off his feather cloak, and his expression returned to its former aloofness and indifference.

"Since you have already decided on the overall situation, I will say no more."

"You have already broken the trial of the Lightless Dead Realm. How do you plan to clean up the mess in the remaining hundred years?"

"In this Lightless Dead Realm, those thousand-plus Thunder Cultivators from the Nine Realms Death Realm still fighting desperately against the raging Night Beast."

"Especially that little bear from the Giant Bear Race, he's probably hiding in some ditch right now refining the Divine Lightning Wood. Do you intend to keep the boundary gate sealed indefinitely and let them fend for themselves?"

The Old Profound Lightning Beast Emperor slowly absorbed the Lightless Dao Fruit into his Dao Mansion for nourishment. Upon hearing this, his expression remained calm as still water, without even the slightest emotional fluctuation.

In times of great strife, life and death are determined by fate.

"Since you covet the opportunity and supreme Dao fortuitous opportunity promised by me, then you should serve as a whetstone within this realm."

The old Beast Emperor turned around, hands behind his back, gazing into the depths of the polar night at the churning tribulation clouds, his tone as indifferent as ancient Mysterious Ice:

"The boundary will remain unchanged for the next ten years."

"Ten years later, the realm reopens."

"Anyone who manages to crawl out of that Death Realm alive, regardless of whether Human Race, Demon Race, or a rogue Rogue Cultivator from elsewhere, will receive the Thunder Pool cultivation, Dao of Alchemy Heart that I promised in full!"

"If they die inside, then they can only blame their lack of skill and their bad luck."

"As for that little bear, E Gu..."

A strange light flashed in the old Beast Emperor's eyes, and he chuckled coldly.

Let him be.

"A fragment of the ancestral tree, along with the remains of the Extreme Realm cultivator, if they can help him achieve the perfection of his fourth Immortal Foundation, wouldn't be a bad deal for our Beast Realm."

"I'd like to see what surprises this infamous Lightning Bear will bring to all the thunder cultivators in the world when the realm opens."

After he finished speaking, Heavenly Wind Dao Venerable fell silent.

His deep gaze pierced through the void and black mirror, looking towards the desolate cavern at the very edge of the Lightless Dead Realm.

The Wind and Cloud are blowing fiercely, and undercurrents are surging.

Deep within that ethereal cave, a blazing, domineering, and pure Yang-infused purple-gold-white lightning flashed, just like the rising sun at dawn.

Silently, in the endless darkness, a faint but dazzling ray of dawn was torn open!

"What a promising talent! In less than two thousand years, he has already reached this level; a true genius! Throughout the entire Nine Realms, his talent is unparalleled."

"It remains to be seen whether this child will truly have the chance to attain the Dao Embryo, or even the position of Dao Ancestor of the Thunder Dao..."

"Speaking of which, if the Profound Lightning shifts in the future and this bear ascends to the Divine Firmament again, do you have any plans to pass on your mantle to this Lightning Bear?"

"If obstacles had been cleared for this child before his demise, perhaps the Beast Realm could have grown stronger once again, and even contend with the Spirit Realm and the Heaven Realm."